I have a longer version of Thursday, June 30, but have had problems with the internet at this hotel. Will post longer version later.
We said our goodbyes to all and headed to the train station with Joey and Drew who were a big help to us in getting our bags to the right platform. They left from the same platform as us to continue on their journey to Cannes. We left a little while later for Rome. Our hotel was one block from the train station. We were hungry so we booked a reservation to Ristorante del Pallora which was recommended by my nephew Mike who just finished a little backpacking adventure of his own after graduation from Miami in May. The owner is a woman named Paula who looks like Strega Nona from the children's book. It is a prix fixe of 25 euros and she cooks what she gets at the market that day. We had antipasta of lentils in a special sauce, tomatoes and basil with olive oil, proscuitto and salami and Italian bread. Of course, we were served wine and water with our meal. Then we had a meatball made with minced veal along with a couple of rice balls fried and served plain. Then we had two types of pasta one with carbanara sauce and one with a yellow sauce of some type. This was followed by roast veal slices and potatoes along with a couple of mozzarella balls. Desert was a peach custard pie along with some peach juice.
Of course, after this we had to go to get our obiligatory gelato. We went to the famous Gioletti gelateria. I had watermelon and mango and Nancy had chocolate and lemon. It was good but nothing to rave about. An Italian lady told me about Della Palma which she said is the best gelator in Rome and is around the corner from Gioletti.
We have built our tour of Rome so far on our food selections. But with evey turn, there is another magnificent church or impressive government building or Roman ruin. It is magnificent and breathtaking. When you come out of the Termini train station, you see the city through a huge wall of windows. You realize you are in a truly spectacular place in the world and you are not in Kansas anymore!
We said our goodbyes to all and headed to the train station with Joey and Drew who were a big help to us in getting our bags to the right platform. They left from the same platform as us to continue on their journey to Cannes. We left a little while later for Rome. Our hotel was one block from the train station. We were hungry so we booked a reservation to Ristorante del Pallora which was recommended by my nephew Mike who just finished a little backpacking adventure of his own after graduation from Miami in May. The owner is a woman named Paula who looks like Strega Nona from the children's book. It is a prix fixe of 25 euros and she cooks what she gets at the market that day. We had antipasta of lentils in a special sauce, tomatoes and basil with olive oil, proscuitto and salami and Italian bread. Of course, we were served wine and water with our meal. Then we had a meatball made with minced veal along with a couple of rice balls fried and served plain. Then we had two types of pasta one with carbanara sauce and one with a yellow sauce of some type. This was followed by roast veal slices and potatoes along with a couple of mozzarella balls. Desert was a peach custard pie along with some peach juice.
Of course, after this we had to go to get our obiligatory gelato. We went to the famous Gioletti gelateria. I had watermelon and mango and Nancy had chocolate and lemon. It was good but nothing to rave about. An Italian lady told me about Della Palma which she said is the best gelator in Rome and is around the corner from Gioletti.
We have built our tour of Rome so far on our food selections. But with evey turn, there is another magnificent church or impressive government building or Roman ruin. It is magnificent and breathtaking. When you come out of the Termini train station, you see the city through a huge wall of windows. You realize you are in a truly spectacular place in the world and you are not in Kansas anymore!
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